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yes uranium contains a lot more energy than coal and that is one of the reasons that people prefer nuclear power to fossil fuel power but like coal uranium is not! renewable
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Which yields more energy - one kilogram or uranium or one kilogram of coal?
The uranium has nuclear energy and the coal has chemical energy. Nuclear is thousands of times more powerful.
Uranium fuel pellets used in nuclear power station produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy?
1 kg uranium 235 = 3 000 t coal
What gives off more energy Anthracite coal or bituminous coal?
Anthracite coal, it insulates the heat energy better and has more light energy when lit.
Do nuclear power plants pollute more than coal power plants?
No. Nuclear power is more efficient because nuclear power is used as splitting atoms, making big bursts of energy, whereas coal power is simply burning coal. So nuclear power uses uranium fission to create energy (electricity), whereas coal power burns coal, emitting carbon. (Mind you, nuclear energy leaves behind radioactive waste - that is arguably easier to deal with for the time being. Not to mention that accidents at nuclear plants can have devastating environmental effects.
What would life be like without uranium?
Without uranium and nuclear energy the exhaustion of fossil fuels will be more important year after year. Also nuclear energy don't contribute to global warming.
Which yields more energy - one kilogram or uranium or one kilogram of coal?
The uranium has nuclear energy and the coal has chemical energy. Nuclear is thousands of times more powerful.
Which yields more energy - one kilogram of uranium or one kilogram of coal?
Uranium
What is better coal or uranium?
An answer is impossible, valid for all countries. Uranium is less pollutant than coal and release more energy; also it is an alternative to fossil fuels. I consider that the sources of energy of the world must be variate.
Uranium fuel pellets used in nuclear power station produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy?
1 kg uranium 235 = 3 000 t coal
While uranium provides more energy than coal by weight and volume the problem is that uranium is?
The energy released by uranium fission is greater than the energy released by fossil fuels burning. See also this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission
Uranium fuel pellet used in nuclear power stations produce far more energy per kilogram than the energy produced by burning coal How much coal has to be burnt to produce the same amount of energy as?
1 kg of U-235 will produce as much energy as 1500 tons of coal
What is better coal or uranium and why?
Uranium is better because the contribution to greenhose effect is zero, the transport is easer, the pollution is more important (compared with coal).
Why do power plants rely on nuclear Energy?
To produce energy more than any other source can produce. A handful of Uranium can produce enough energy as the same as 4000 Train Load of coal [Given that each train load has around 15,000 Tons of Coal.]
What gives off more energy Anthracite coal or bituminous coal?
Anthracite coal, it insulates the heat energy better and has more light energy when lit.
What kind of energy do we use for uranium in use in the fusion power plant?
Uranium has stored energy (potential energy), more specifically, nuclear energy.
Are nuclear reactors more dangerous than any other type of energy resorce?
No, coal fired plants send huge amounts of uranium oxides up their stacks.
What is one example of a non solar nuclear energy?
Mechanical energy, solar energy, electrical energy. There are many more.
